HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID


Meaning of HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID in English

Geom.

a paraboloid that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to one coordinate plane are hyperbolas, with its sections parallel to the other two coordinate planes being parabolas. Cf. elliptic paraboloid .

[ 1835-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .